| Ghosts & Haunts In Missouri Haunted Locations In Park Hills Gibson Cemetery, located just west of town at the corner of Hovis Farm Lane and Wood Street where it dead ends. I have no details as to what has been seen and heard inside this cemetery, only reports of it being haunted. If you have experienced paranormal activity at any of these haunted sites, please e-mail us with your photos or stories to add to the database. Haunted house stories in Park Hills. MAP Letters from visitors to this site. I came across your entry about Gibson Cemetary in Park hills and noticed you don't have much info on it. I grew up in the area and have a little info that you might like to have. As a teenager it was rumored that a vampire was burried there, and a lot of children too. I went there on a few occations. The cemetary was hard to find, it was in the middle of a wooded area and is not marked. The only strange occourance that happened to me was we noticed the tops of the trees were swaying but we felt no wind what so ever. Now a few years later, there was an article in the local paper about the cemetary and the vampire. Back in the 1800's some sort of epidemic came through the area and killed alot of people in the area mostly children and the vampire was a Hungarian imigrant who was an albino, and that is why they thought he was a vampire. In the cemetary there was one grave that was surrounded by an iron fence that was always said to be that of the vampires, I don't know if it is true, but it is interesting. I havent been down in the area in some time, but the last i heard was that the cemetary was being removed and a subdivision was being built in its place. I plan on going down there and seeing if I can find that article at the library and any other info on the cemetary. If you need any more info let me know and i will see what i can do. I grew up in Farmington and know about Gibson's Graveyard...The cemetary is a children's cemetary..Apparently in the early 1800's alot of children died..Some said it was an epidemic some say it was a vampire who they say is buried there as well..There is one where 11 kids from the same family is buried there..It's located way back in the woods and very hard to locate..When I was in high school alot of people used to say that devil worshippers carried out their business there,,,Once when I went a friend of mine pulled out a marble from one of the headstones and the wind started blowing very hard but the trees did not move..This place is very haunted..The last I heard there were supposed to remove the cemetary and build houses there,,,Not sure if they have done that but will find out for you. I e-mailed city hall in Park Hills about Gibson Cemetery. they responed back. they informed me that Gibson cemetery is a privately owned family plot. And that there has been a discussion of a housing development being built there. But no plans have been made to build there or move the cemetery. I'm from Park Hills and have lived in the area all of my life. I've been to the cemetary only once and didn't experience anything strange, now there is a house built next to the cemetary. The story that I've heard from several people is: A long time ago there was an albino man that moved into the area. Everyone was afraid of him because he was different and wouldn't come out during the daytime. Then Children started to become ill and die they blamed it on the albino man and killed him. His grave was covered with steel bars that were bent as if someone was inside trying to get out. I don't think it's haunted and I don't think he was a vampire, just a case of small town people being prejudiced a long time ago. This is what i've heard, I don't know if anyone else has heard the same story though. It's easy to find if you know your way around the area but I don't know the names of those roads to get up there. Hello my name is K W Gibson and my family is the owner of Gibson's Graveyard. I myself have only been to the graveyard one time and that was with my family. When we were at the graveyard we experienced some weird stuff as you described, like the wind blowing hard but none of the trees were moving. Page Back More Gibson's Graveyard Stories |
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